Dr. Rajeev Bais

School of Medicine

Dr. Kara Brown

College of Education

Dr. Austin Crane

Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, Department of Geography

Interests: humanitarianism, asylum, return policies, bordering practices, international development, European Union, Ukraine

Dr. Carl Dahlman

Walker Institute of International and Area Studies, Department of Geography

Interests: forced migration, refugee/asylum, return migration, borders, Europe, Balkans, Middle East

Dr. Robin Dawson

College of Nursing

Dr. John Doering-White

College of Social Work, Department of Anthropology

Interests: humanitarianism, everyday politics of care, climate-related displacement, Central America, Mexico

Dr. Hala Ghattas

Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior

Interests: Refugee health and wellbeing, evaluation of humanitarian programs, social determinants of health, Middle East.

Dr. Bre Grace

College of Social Work

Interests: humanitarianism, refugees, international development, gender, unaccompanied children

Dr. Alexandria Herrera

Department of History and Walker Institute of International and Area Studies 

Interests: History of public health, reproduction, and state surveillance in the Americas 

Dr. Jelena Jankovic-Rankovic

Department of Anthropology

Interests: Displacement; Resettlement; Neuroendocrine, Immune, and Inflammatory Stress Physiology; Mental Health; Social Practices; Humanitarian Relief; Western Balkans (Serbia) and the US (South Carolina)

Dr. Rebecca Janzen

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Dr. Elif Karslı-Çalamak

Department of Teacher Education

Interests: Refugee education, refugee families and children, refugee and migration issues in Türkiye and Syria.

Dr. Emily Mann

Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

Dr. Davíd Martinez

College of Education

Dr. Caroline Nagel

Department of Geography

Interests: citizenship, the politics of integration, religion, refugee resettlement, Arabic-speaking diasporas

Dr. Aparna Polavarapu

Joseph F. Rice School of Law

Dr. Jennifer Reynolds

Department of Anthropology

Dr. Ben Roth

College of Social Work

Interests: legal status, liminal legality, immigrant youth, unaccompanied children, immigrant-serving organizations

Dr. Jonah Steinberg

Department of Anthropology

Interests: Romani Europe, Mediterranean Rim Migration, South Asia, Debt Servitude, Trafficking, Child Migrants and Runaways

Dr. Myriam Torres

Arnold School of Public Health

Dr. Bongki Woo

College of Social Work

Interests: Asian immigrants in the US, Asian Americans, social determinants of health, racism, racial discrimination, immigrant health and well-being